Should I start Kyle Williams or John Metchie in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 218th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on John Metchie: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 222nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for John Metchie is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Kyle Williams's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 27 percent of NE snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 17.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 1 of 3 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 91 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, John Metchie has been on the field for 36 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyle Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 John Metchie played 16 games and scored 71.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR87.

He caught 33 of 48 targets for 274 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 43 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Williams was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 John Metchie scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 1.6 a game between them.

Kyle Williams finished WR112 that year and John Metchie WR87.

John Metchie had 27 more targets than Kyle Williams, 48 to 21.

John Metchie had 65 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 274 to 209.

This season John Metchie holds the bigger snap share, 36 percent against 27 percent.

This season John Metchie holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Williams is off in Week 11 and John Metchie in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.